4168
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 128

from which it was derived has been interrupted by unloading in any other foreign country for some purpose other than transfer from one carrier to another in the course of continuous transportation to the United States, shall be accompanied by a certificate in the following form :—

OFFICIAL MEAT-INSPECTION CERTIFICATE OF COUNTRY OTHER THAN COUNTRY OF SLAUGHTER.

(For shipment of meat and meat food products to United States not continuous from country of slaughter.)

Place……………………………………… Date…………………………191 .
(City.)
(Country.)

I hereby certify that the meat and meat food products herein described were originally shipped from………………………………………………………………………
(Country or countries of slaughter.)

and were accompanied by certificate (or certificates), signed by an official (or officials) of the national Government (or Governments) of
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(Names of country or countries of origin.)

showing that the meat and meat food products herein described were derived from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats which received ante mortem and post mortem veterinary inspection at the time of slaughter, and that such meat and meat food products were sound, healthful, wholesome, and otherwise fit for human food, and had not been treated with, and did not contain, any preservative, colouring-matter, or other substance not permitted by the regulations of the United States Secretary of Agriculture governing meat-inspection filed with said official (or officials), and that said meat and meat food products had been handled only in a sanitary manner in the country (or countries) in which the animals from which they were derived were slaughtered.

I also hereby certify that the meat and meat food products herein described have not been treated in this country (in which this certificate is issued) with any preservative, colouring-matter, or other substance not permitted by the regulations of the United States Secretary of Agriculture governing meat-inspection, filed with me, and that the said meat and meat food products have been inspected in this country (in which this certificate is issued) and not found to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, and that said meat and meat food products have been handled only in a sanitary manner in this country.

Kind of Product. Number of Pieces or Packages. Weight.
……………………………………… ………………………………………… …………………
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……………………………………… ………………………………………… …………………
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Identification marks on meats and packages………………………………………
Consignor……………………………Address………………………………………
Consignee……………………………Destination……………………………………
Shipping marks………………………………………………………………………
(Signature)…………………………………………………………………………
(Name of official of national foreign Government authorized to issue inspection certificates for meat and meat food products exported to the United States.)
(Official title)……………………………………………………………………

NOTE.—A certificate in the above form is required to accompany each consignment the transportation of which to the United States from the country of the slaughter of the animals from which the meat and meat food products were derived has been interrupted by unloading in another country for some purpose other than transfer from one carrier to another in the course of continuous transportation, and to be delivered by the consignee, or his agent, to the Inspector of the Department of Agriculture at the point of inspection in the United States.

The following information is required to be supplied on the certificate by each carrier loading the consignment :—

Loaded (in the country in which this certificate is issued)……………………………
(Date.)

at……………………………………… on …………………………………………
(Place.)
(Name of vessel or car numbers and initials.)

…………………………………………………………………………………; and if unloaded at any place
(Signature of officer or agent of carrier making indorsement.)

prior to arrival in the United States, unloaded………………………………………
(Date.)

at……………………………………… by the………………………………………
(Place.)
(Name of carrier.)

…………………………………………………………………………………; and reloaded
(Signature of officer or agent of carrier making indorsement.)

……………………………………… at …………………………………………
(Date.)
(Place.)

on……………………………………… by the………………………………………
(Name of vessel or car numbers and initials.)
(Name of carrier.)

…………………………………………………………………………………
(Signature of officer or agent of carrier making indorsement.)

Paragraph 4. Each foreign meat-inspection certificate shall be signed by an official authorized by the national Government of the foreign country in which the meat or product is inspected to sign and issue the same. The name of each official authorized to sign and issue foreign-meat-inspection certificates, when submitted to the Department, will be published, and the Chief of Bureau shall file with each such official copy of these regulations and copies of amendments which may hereafter be made thereto. No